Comply or Be Caught

1.  What are the most significant cases from the past year that reflect China's continuing crackdown on corruption and bribery?

According to the figures reported in the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision magazine, more than 250 centrally-managed cadres have been investigated and dealt with since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Just in the first half of 2017, 38 provincial/ministerial-level cadres and more than 1,000 cadres at the office/bureau level were disciplined. Among these, those cases that most manifest China's continuing crackdown on corruption and bribery include the Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, Guo Boxiong, Xu Caihou, Ling Jihua and Su Rong cases, with some of the foregoing officials ranking up to the sub-national leader level. The 2016 work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate states that the procuratorate authorities opened cases and launched investigations against 47,650 individuals for position-related crimes, 2,882 of whom were formerly cadres at the county/division level and 446 at the office/bureau level. Cases have been opened and investigations have been launched against 21 provincial/ministerial-level cadres, including Wang Min, in accordance with the law, and 48 former cadres at the provincial/ministerial level or above, including Ling Jihua, Su Rong and Bai Enpei, have faced public prosecution. Moreover, the central government has resolutely handled major cases that shook the whole nation, such as the systemic “landslide” corruption in Shanxi, the election disruption case in Hengyang, Hunan, the election corruption case in Nanchong, Sichuan, and the vote-buying case in Liaoning.